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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1902
Page
4
A compact column from Oregon Valley News discusses elections, miners and the tariff debate, Geo r ge strikes at Mount Hood, and the dairy and wool sectors. It notes Governor Geer’s trip, calls for honest reporting over roasts, endorses Roosevelt’s presidency, and praises express messengers who kill train robbers. It argues money rewards could curb crime more effectively than rhetoric.
Describes the celebrated concept of the average man with whimsical statistics on height strength and lifespan. Concludes that a complete mental and moral profile cannot exist and that the average man remains a myth.
A New York World critique argues that the term average man is a fiction created by averaging thousand individuals. It claims no single person matches the implied entity, noting the concept misrepresents actual people.
A fragment from Ontario Argus recounts a derailment tale set on a fast Frisco line from Murder Creek to Blasted Pine. Lariat Bill, famed for rope skills, saves a child by a split-second lariat throw, but the train wrecks after striking a pine stump, leaving questions about injuries and fatalities among passengers.
The note discusses early price trends for live hogs as packing season nears, with prices above last year’s August averages and historical norms. It also highlights California data gathering for the World’s Fair exhibit, praising Dietrich’s fruit production data and plans by University of Cincinnati and Technical School for a 1904 fair exhibit.
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